> ... dissuaders say that the cost savings aren't enough to mollify users who would no longer have control over their own applications.<
The way many (most) companies focus on cost control nowadays, only the users that can show an overwhelming need (or else have the clout), will keep PCs with their own applications or perhaps as important, their own disk storage (for security purposes).
Most users don't need either (specialized applications or own disk), just reasonable to fast access to the various and mostly common applications that they do need.
I actually think this is a good trend. It seems like if one PC user is having a problem with an application, oh well, that's too bad, but nothing serious, but when 100+ users have a problem with the server application, the attention given to the problem becomes immediately more focused.
While companies will go this route, the home market will stay more with PCs. The access time (and hassle) to get to a provider's applications and the dependancy on any vendor to safeguard your data will cause, IMO, too much anxiety for home users to want to switch to. I mean, is there any company out there right now that YOU would trust implicitly with all of your data?
So, hopefully, Novell will go after corporate usage and forget the home market.
Mat |
